Cuspidor



(No Model) A. L. DISGH.

GUSPIDUR.

No. 583,791. Patented June 1,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW L. DISOI-I, OF SALINA, KANSAS.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,791, dated June 1, 1897.

Application filed March 10, 1897. Serial No. 626,828. (No model.) 7

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW L. DISCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salina, in the county of Saline and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ouspidors and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to cuspidors; and the object is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production.

With this object in view the invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cuspidor. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the screen-trap sections and its counterbalancing-weight.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the pedestal or stand of the cuspidor, which consists of a base-plate 2, the upwardly-extending arms 3,

having inwardly-projecting extensionset, connected to a supporting-ring 5.

6 denotes the body of the cuspidor, which is preferably spherical in form and which is provided on its lower side with a screwthreaded boss 7, adapted to be engaged by a screw-thread 8, projecting upwardly from a weight 9, so that the cuspidor will be retained in an upright position in its pedestal. This weight 9 is provided with an annular groove 10, into which fits a rubber ring 11, which is clamped between the weight and the body of the cuspidor and serves to relieve the cuspidor of shock should it fall upon the floor.

12 denotes the funnel-shaped mouth of the cuspidor, which is provided with a throat 13, which fits down into the body of the cuspid or.

14 denotes the screen trap, which is formed of two sections 15 and 16, made from wirenetting or foraminous plate. Each of these sections has an arm 17, projecting laterally and thence downwardly and hung in eyes 18, secured to the throat. On the downwardlyextending portions of the arms are counterbalanced weights 19, which serve to hold the sections of the screen trap across the throat of the funnel, so as to prevent splashing of the contents when deposits are made in the cuspidor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a cuspidor having at its lower end a screw-threaded boss, of a weight having a screw-threaded stud adapted to said boss and having agroove in its upper end, and an elastic washer arranged in said groove and clamped to the body of the cuspidor, and a pedestal consisting of a plate having upwardly and inwardly extending arms and a ring connecting the inwardly-extending portions of said arms and serving to support the cuspidor, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof 'I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW L. DISOH.

Witnesses:

MATT WHITsoN, B. F. ELsToN. 

